Newspaper Vocabulary and Features. advertisement (ad): A message printed in the newspaper in space paid for by the advertiser

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  • Newspaper Vocabulary and Features
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  • advertisement (ad): A message printed in the newspaper in space paid for by the advertiser.
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  • Banner A headline in large type running across the entire width of the page.
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  • Byline Line located under headline which tells the name of the writer. Line located under headline which tells the name of the writer.
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  • Caption or Cutline Lines under a photograph which explain what the picture is about (also called "cutline").
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  • Columnist Writer who gathers facts and writes opinions.
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  • Column The vertical divisions of a page or opinion or comment expressed by a regular writer
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  • Comic Strip Three- or four-panel drawings that tell a story, usually humorous.
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  • Dateline The first words in lead of a story which give name of city from which the story was sent.
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  • Credit Line Acknowledging the source of a picture. Acknowledging the source of a picture.
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  • Editorial Article expressing the opinion of an editor. Article
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  • Editorial cartoon Drawing on editorial page employing exaggeration, satire, and symbolism.
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  • Feature story A story that goes further than straight news coverage, and usually focuses on the human interest elements of a situation or event.
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  • Logo or Flag: Type on front page which gives name of newspaper.
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  • Obituary An obituary; a story of a person's death.
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  • Sidebar A shorter, related article that focuses on one aspect of a main article. A sidebar is a secondary story accompanying a major story. Both are about the end of the war.
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  • Graphic Features of Informational Text Maps Maps Diagrams Diagrams Graphs Graphs Chart or Table Chart or Table Pictures Pictures All of these are found inside informational texts, magazines and newspapers.
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  • Map Diagram that gives information on specific area.
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  • Diagram A drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts this is a diagram of how wireless internet works
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  • Graphs Graphs are images that represent data symbolically.
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  • Charts They are visual representations of datathis chart/diagram describes the organization of a company.
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  • Pictures and caption Photos with information that are designed to support the article.